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*agbakpã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] bald man; a nick-



*    name: agbakpã n-iloɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a



*    bald man who has a shining



*    head.



*agbaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] chin, lower jaw;



*    agbaʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ye gɔ̃gɔ̃ɔgɔ̃ (or gɔ̃ɔɽ̃ɔ̃



*    [ ˦ ˦ ]) [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] his chin is



*    pointed; cf. Yor. agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*agbe [ ˥ ˩ ] water-bottle, of Euro-



*    pean make, as worn by soldiers.



*agbegĩnotɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] vulva (idio-



*    matic, indecent); cf. gbe gĩn-



*    otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*agbekãmezi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] elderly people



*    (with plural meaning); people



*    from ca. 60 years (Egh. Hist.;



*    Egh. says ɔ- or e-gbakãmezi,



*    the e- stressing the plurality).



*    exaɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔgbekãmezi hia v-ɛ̃ʋa



*    (vɔ̃ [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] elderly



*    chiefs were there in full strength.



*    (Here the word is used as a



*    verb gb-ekãmezi.) Probably of



*    Yoruba origin; cf. Yor. meji



*    [ ˥ ˩ ].



*agberhie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] shooting contest,



*    like ɛte [ ˥ ˥ ]; in agberhie, an



*    arrow is lost to the opponent



*    every time one misses the mark.



*agbeva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] double; cf. gba [ ˥ ],



*    eva [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*agbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) ripples on house-



*    walls; only chiefs are allowed to



*    have them. (2) a pattern. (3) a



*    kind of chisel for carving patterns



*    in coco-nuts or planks; it has a



*    narrower blade than aɣa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*agbɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a man suffering from



*    a sore; cf. gbe [ ˥ ], ɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*agbo [ ˩ ˥ ] a Yoruba herb-tea, used



*    as purgative medicine; cf. Yor.



*    agbo [ ˩ ˧ ].



*agbo [ ˩ ˩ ] ram; agbo n-iyɔyɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] “bearded ram”, a praise-



*    name for the ram; cf. Yor.



*    agbo [ ˩ ˩ ].